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New York Times, Monday, September 18, 2023

Author:
Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Minnesota ___ (pool shark in "The Hustler")
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Kevin Christian
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241.6430623%
Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Christian. This is puzzle # 83 for Ms. Michaels. Monday freshness: 33%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/18/23 ( No. 26,977 )
Across
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The I.R.S.'s 1040, e.g. : FORM
5
Literature and music, for two : ARTS
9
Change as needed to fit in : ADAPT
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Solo at the Met : ARIA
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Place for a cruise ship to stop : PORT
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Schlep : CARRY
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Blabber continuously : TALKABLUESTREAK
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Icy wet stuff : SLEET
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Actress Dunham : LENA
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Actor Danny or Stubby of old Hollywood : KAYE
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Utah city that shares its name with a biblical kingdom : MOAB
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Burn the midnight oil, student-style : CRAM
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Harmlessly deceive : TELLAWHITELIE
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George Harrison's "All Those Years ___" : AGO
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1983 Peace Nobelist Walesa : LECH
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City leader : MAYOR
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Window or door component : JAMB
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"Cheers!," in Stockholm : SKOAL
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Bandleader Puente : TITO
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Language related to Inuit : ALEUT
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___ of the tongue : SLIP
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Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor : NAS
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Be cause for serious concern, say : RAISEAREDFLAG
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New Haven university : YALE
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End-of-list abbr. : ETAL
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Witch's concoction : BREW
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At any time : EVER
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Cedar Rapids native : IOWAN
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Broadcast booth analysis … or a hint to 17-, 27- and 47-Across : COLORCOMMENTARY
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Toyota sedan : CAMRY
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Giant-screen film format : IMAX
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Start of many a fairy tale : ONCE
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Something you haven't been able to do on planes since 2000 : SMOKE
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Complain loudly and at length : RANT
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Event suffix similar to "-Con" : FEST
Down
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Minnesota ___ (pool shark in "The Hustler") : FATS
2
Not written : ORAL
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Rub the wrong way : RILE
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"What are you gonna do about it?!" : MAKEME
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Police alert, for short : APB
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Temporary price reduction to drive sales : ROLLBACK
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"Indeed, so it is" : TRUE
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Foul odor : STENCH
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Have a part in a play : ACT
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Turkey drumstick, but not the breast, e.g. : DARKMEAT
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Tiler's measurement : AREA
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"Eat, ___, Love" (2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir) : PRAY
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Young 'un : TYKE
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Ring-shaped coral island : ATOLL
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Wraparound garment of India : SARI
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Beverages that can be pale or stout : ALES
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Source of after-hours cash, for short : ATM
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Marisa who won an Oscar for "My Cousin Vinny" : TOMEI
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"___ Line Is It Anyway?" : WHOSE
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In a recumbent position : LYING
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Greek letter, or a tiny bit : IOTA
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God of romantic love : EROS
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Cracked open a little : AJAR
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Inaugural celebration : GALA
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Time-wasting labor : BUSYWORK
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City council member : ALDERMAN
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Elevator in London : LIFT
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Darjeeling or Earl Grey : TEA
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Ordinary : PLAIN
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Actor Guinness : ALEC
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"Au ___" ("Until we meet again") : REVOIR
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Many : ALOTOF
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Loops in surreptitiously : BCCS
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Give in to wanderlust : ROAM
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"Tickle Me" Muppet : ELMO
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Jane Austen novel that inspired "Clueless" : EMMA
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Taper off : WANE
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Curved trajectories : ARCS
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Russian refusal : NYET
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Deli bread option : RYE
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Office contact no. : EXT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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